CO SB156

Creates the "Colorado Right to Earn a Living Act" prohibiting state agencies from imposing personal qualification requirements for professions or occupations unless demonstrably necessary and narrowly tailored to address specific public health, safety, or welfare objectives

Requires all state agencies to review occupational regulations by July 1, 2026, and either repeal/amend non-compliant regulations or recommend legislative changes, with a report due to the General Assembly by January 1, 2027

Allows any person to petition an agency to repeal or amend an occupational regulation, or file a civil lawsuit in district court to enjoin enforcement, with attorney fees awarded to prevailing plaintiffs

Repeals multiple environmental programs enacted between 2020-2022, including the air quality enterprise, industrial and manufacturing clean air grant program, energy code board, community access to electric bicycles grant program, electrifying school buses grant program, and PFAS-related programs and funds

Eliminates fenceline monitoring and community-based air toxics monitoring requirements for covered facilities, along with certain civil penalties for air quality regulation violations